The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-11-01

PEOF. HILGARp'S report, referred to
elsewhere, contains the following
with regard to the cultivation Of the
olive in California. As this Is one Of
the products talked about for adding
TO Hawaiian Industries, the facts ad-
duced by the professor should be
Of great interest to many Of our
readers -
The olive Is attracting great deal Of II
tsrest II this State and Justly so. California
Is the only State II the Union that possesses
3 climate suitable for It. Abundant testI-
uOny exists TO show that thar tree viii thrive
throughout the larger part Of California
The greatest point 70 be made n favor or the
olive Is that It viii grow II : soil too dry even
for the grapevine and too rocky for any fruit
tree The hills and mountain slopes, not TT
for the pasture Of even g goat, can be made
TO produce olives. Precisely such viii pro-
Gcce the fruit much earlier than the rich val
lsvs, although III the latter the tree VIII at
tain larger growth The olive VIII MI the
lLrsesc gap IN our cultures, and lis sphere l.
such that It vii not eucroach on any other
culture 1t Is not perhaps as great and
vaLUahls prCdCC5 for export that the greatest
Iuportarcs attaches to the olive II Calf0r-
ma. but rGtEer as q food product for home
cuuSCuI utIJu-
AT the experimental grounds or the Uni
TErST-T we have received, through Ar. ElLn-
DORIS IupCrclIl1lS. Two valuable vtrIell5s,
the Nsrafl HhftsC. an CTdl-SLEEed olive OF
medium size. rluenInE verv early, and the
AGEEEnl-ll, q large olive Of more rounded
shape. also Of early maturity. No less than
thirteen kinds are the generous gift of J.
EOez Of San jose. while l. i. Gould Of
AEcuru. Eeu1lsuEE WEo has been very
active IN proving the udapJaJl-lrE Of the
olive to the t1Ct-clL regions OF the Sierra
Nevada. has presented ETs specimens or the
P5en0Liue. The latter IS a hardy, rapid
growing Tlri5tE- Although the fruit Is small
IN size IcS great abGULaDcs makes lc g good
bearer In Its time Of rIpeuIuE u has the
advIutaEe. fCC the cooler portion of tbs state
az least. having, 81 Au5Gru. Llallcsd sIE
weeks earlier than the Mission
Il i argusd bE many people that rEe
olive requires IN excessively long time %
come INTO bearing In favorable localities
this Is 5F 10 means the case II tG= South
sru part Of the State large olive cuttings
cuuueCcs 10 bear n the fourth year Mr.
Cooper Of SGula Ea5rbara reports rFO gal
Ions Of berries Cu sOus OF his best trees az
that age. and Is uEch as thirty gallons from
tEe best at SIX years Mr. klUbal OF Ma
tICCaL City, >lE Diego county reports SIM
LLar results. Our Own experience at Berkeley.
where the sumner ten perlt1rs Is very low,
must le termed T5rV encouraging Two
small trees. 1G1 @ few tsst high brought
frcu the Mission ar san Jose. were plsu1sd
n 1873, bF Mrs Jeanne Carr For
Two years after l[rs. Cars departure tEeT
we're NEGLECTED. 5C6 answered vzrv quickly 60
kind treatment after SIX years LEgEI plant
r-E prlC1ceC sluu ErEIl. and have prgdECsd
fuL crurs every r7J Years. SI=a1I-F m
cceas5EE- TIE yzzld ar eight years thus
WIS ELCu- Lr1v pounds nc ten ears
ever one bu1drEt pounds per trss, while this
Eeur each tree EVsra g=C % pounds n the
of year the Vl=ld has been about one gUHrtzc
- much. Compared with warmer localities,
where -b= Mission llIFz rlpeEz ezrtlsr tLs FIzl1
perhaps LIUEs small but with vzrI=5Izs better
zGau55G co CCr C1uIzr CiIuErz tie result
would doubtless be different As elves ars
worth Z cents Il pound the profit would be
good judging from what We know about
the ptahilIeT Cs tie olive II would seem
tEa- an olive grove world be one Of the safest
investments al over the SEats- provided 10
cEsr-u -urUG1c1IGn should takE place